Cold Weather Payments: an update

Yesterday we reported on David Cameron’s failure to commit to retaining Cold Weather Payments at their current rate of £25. But today the Guardian claims that the Prime Minister is ready to intervene to stop them being reduced. Good news if this is true, but a shame that multiple benefits for low income families have not been subject to the same prime ministerial support.

Written by Nicola Smith

I’m Head of the Economic and Social Affairs Department at the TUC. I also represent the TUC on the Social Security Advisory Committee. My posts may therefore range from the environment to the welfare state via macro-economic policy but will ine…